Input Data Formats

WKT (Well-known Text). In Athena, WKT is represented as a varchar data type.

WKB (Well-known binary). In Athena, WKB is represented as a varbinary data type with a spatial reference ID (WKID) 4326. For information about both of
these types, see the Wikipedia topic on Well-known text.

JSON-encoded geospatial data. To parse JSON files with geospatial data and create tables for them, Athena uses
the Hive JSON SerDe. For more information about using this SerDe in Athena, see JSON SerDe Libraries.